Religion & Spirituality - 5 April 2007

Yesterday evening I went out to run some errands, standing in the Walmart Parking lot, mom and I were talking about this book i've been reading "women art thou loosed" by TD Jakes, since I've been reading this book I have been enlighted in my faith, it wasn't as strong up until this point, my mother actually gave me the book to read even though she hadn't finished it or gotten further than I have. However yesterday I told I have faith and then she started up again asking me " Do you know who god is?" Yes he is the creator of all living things..etc...then she told me that faith and believeing are two different things, that she has a personal relationship with god and I haven't gotten there yet. That I don't know what faith is. Faith and believing in god has kept me alive from the streets, from the abuse, from this cruel world and shown me a different light. She is always questioning me if I know who he is and puts fear in me when she ask? Is it true is faith different from believing? V

2007-04-05 06:52:42 · 23 answers · asked by Renee E 1

2007-04-05 06:49:31 · 16 answers · asked by Mr Smith 1

The word Messiah which in Greek is the Christ, and in English is the Anointed, indicates one whose mind has been Enlightened. (i.e. Anointed and Chosen by God to guide Israel)

But what is Israel? It is not the person of the flesh - but rather, of the Spirit. The confrontation between Jesus and the Pharisees was a reenactment of the proverbial struggle between the spirit and the flesh (i.e. Able and Cain / Light and darkness) and these are the struggles that exist within each of us - and it is this struggle that each of us must overcome.

Jesus correctly stated that the Kingdom of God can never come upon the earth in the manner that carnal men predict, because it is within us - all of us - equally.

Thus, those who possess the eyes to see beneath the series of allegorical symbols presented in the scriptures, that portray inner realities of body, mind/soul and spirit, break down the inner barriers of the struggle of Flesh & Spirit - and dwell within the Presence of the Most High.

2007-04-05 06:46:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who were all the prohpets in the bible that went to heaven , that we bible specfically says went to heaven

2007-04-05 06:45:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-05 06:44:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Bible says the meek shall inherit the Earth.But we also have to fight against Satan and temptation.We are to put on the armor of God.How can you be meek and ready for battle at the same time?

2007-04-05 06:44:17 · 10 answers · asked by iron maiden77 5

My first two years of Christianity I wanted to be used by God everywhere, and he did. Now I am going through a phase to take care of myself, and not be so focused on helping everyone, since I kinda died to myself, but then realized my business suffered. Is it cool to now focus on myself and my business before ministry?

2007-04-05 06:43:48 · 2 answers · asked by SmartPerson 1

Some theorize that Mary Magdalane and Jesus were married and had a child. Why couldn't this have been possible? Jesus was still human after all. He still bled and he still died. He wasn't a monk, he was more like a nomad going from place to place preaching the word of God. It was the chuch that turned Mary into a whore. It's the church that refuses to recognize the gospels that were found within the last 200 years, (i.e. Dead Sea Scrolls, Infancy Gospels, Gospel of Mary, Gospel of Judah.) Who's to say whether these scolls are legit or not? Who's to say whether the scrolls that are part of the bible aren't fake? Why exactly couldn't Jesus have been our lord and savior, as well as a husband and father?

2007-04-05 06:41:38 · 13 answers · asked by LittleItalianInMe 3

Than the religious man in power made the world what it is today based on their beliefs and this is what we have , Does that seem Trivial and why is God so Trivial If that is wrong Turn on the news

2007-04-05 06:39:17 · 8 answers · asked by Snooter McPrickles 5

that can kill you if you do not do anything, and its something as easy as take a pill everydday but rufused to do so and die....would that be consider suicide?

2007-04-05 06:38:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jesus was many things- Son of God/Son of man/ God-Man.
God( Elohim ) gave up his glory and became sin for those of us that are his.

I have been in Christ Jesus for 27 years. many times this problem has come to me, presented one way or another. I have to admit , I was closed minded to it and did not even consider the possibility.
We know that Christ was without sin and he felt pain sorrow etc. As Christ the man , he had to have felt all we feel.

The word of God tells us better to marry than to burn.

If Jesus had married Mary M. that would not have been a sin and to bare children , also not a sin.

My feelings about this , I am open. I am not disturbed either way. I am open to proof, not the opinions of man either way or the Church. The highest authority is the Bible .

We assumed that the apostle that Jesus loved was John as Jesus said at the cross to his mother , Woman behold your son.
Mary , mother of Jesus was to be mother to the young apostle.

What are your feelings?

2007-04-05 06:37:59 · 41 answers · asked by ? 6

Just curious. Theists seem to consider human beings the ultimate godlike wonder of the universe -- so what about theists who believe life exists elsewhere? Do they think humans like us exist on other planets (rather than another kind of intelligent lifeform)?

Do they allow that life elsewhere may be much more intelligent (and more "perfect") than Earthlings? Would they believe Jesus incarnated in other lifeforms, to "save" other worlds? Do any of them believe other life in the Cosmos may be older than Adam and Eve?

... In other words, how would theists who believe in extraterrestrial life envision intelligent life beyond planet Earth?


P.S. Yahoo ate my question during one of its hiccupping fits earlier today so I am reposting it.

2007-04-05 06:36:52 · 14 answers · asked by Sweetchild Danielle 7

When you are born into a religion there is a baptism of sorts and rituals of initiation. When life as we know it leaves our bodies there are more prayers and rituals before sending off.
Thats good, but I am more interested in that great period between birth and death. One is a Catholic, Hindu , Jew, Muslim , Buddhist Sikh etc not really by choice. . We are compelled to follow from a very young age . We are thrust with fear of a furnace of fire and damnation in a place called hell and joy of salvation in a place called heaven.
Between birth and death we can be poor and destitute, rich and famous , blind, lame, deaf, dumb, whole , black, yellow , brown ....
In societys vast mixi of human life forms all trying to reach God through his prophets, man yet waged bloody war on each other through these centuries. It seems we are getting worse by the day and are about to destroy the planet .

If we did not have religion and mankind brought up seeking inner peace through meditation....?

2007-04-05 06:36:17 · 13 answers · asked by Tigeripoh4301 3

2007-04-05 06:36:02 · 19 answers · asked by ? 5

please explain.....

2007-04-05 06:35:37 · 11 answers · asked by SmartPerson 1

I know that you all love my advise, but I have a life beyond your pathetic minds??So please ask someone who cares!!lollollol

2007-04-05 06:35:19 · 9 answers · asked by Lori F 6

instead of that book? What are you trying to prove? We all know these so called"answers" you post, they're completely unoriginal. If your faith was true, you'd be able to answer like a real person instead of an AI robot programmed with verses--why don't you just admit that you don't understand what you claim to believe in? that when you try to answer from your heart there's nothing there? That you're lost too--New times roman in black on white is a cold dead slip of paper in your hand, providing no real comfort--they're only words, words you can't even make your own--why should we imagine you believe?

2007-04-05 06:34:06 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

the bible says god will love anyone no matter who they are, but then how come it says homosexuality is a sin, and its wrong and stuff?

2007-04-05 06:33:07 · 18 answers · asked by Gloom and Doom™ 4

2007-04-05 06:32:31 · 6 answers · asked by ? 2

Cause the bible doesn't cut it...it's like reading the autobiography of Billy Graham with no mention of the Kennedy Assasination, the Vietnam War, or any relationships he had with leaders or kings.

2007-04-05 06:31:39 · 12 answers · asked by elfkin, attention whore 4

How about a site where I can research it for myself?

2007-04-05 06:31:08 · 20 answers · asked by afewideas 3

2007-04-05 06:29:12 · 27 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

Christian should tell other christian when they are wrong in there beliefs, when they fall into doctrine that contradicts the word of God.

2007-04-05 06:27:14 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't know very much about science, but I've seen how destructive fire can be. In cremations a whole body is gone in just a few moments.

So, my guess is it won't be my body burning in hell. But what then? My so called 'soul' ? Can a 'soul' burn? And if it can, can that really burn for eternity? Is that scientificly tested at any point ?

I saw in the Bible something about gnashing teeth. Could it be that the fire will just reduce me to teeth? Cause that actually sounds like kinda fun.

2007-04-05 06:26:56 · 32 answers · asked by ? 6

My cousins and I were playing Spades (not gambling) just for fun, but my aunt didn't want the card playing in her house. We went to my house to play instead. What do Christians have against any card playing games?

2007-04-05 06:26:51 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I really think there is a God who I pray to and have God in my heart. However, I don't believe in the whole going to church thing etc and not eating meat for lent, bla bla.

Should it matter if I don't do what a catholic does, but still truly believe in God?

2007-04-05 06:26:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please, be gentle, i'm actually looking for an answer, not to just get people angry.

Look at it this way- if God has planned the moment of every birth and death, aren't the mother who has the abortion or the murderer just going along with god's plan?

I'm looking at psalm 139, verse 16. It says " You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day before I began to breathe. Each day was recorded in your book."

Now, if each day is recorded before you were born, wasn't it in the book already that you were going to be aborted or murdered? Isn't the mother or the murderer just doing what God had planned for them to do, because the person who died was already scheduled to have been killed on that day?

2007-04-05 06:24:38 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I was little I thought heaven was all fluffy clouds and winged angels playing harps. Kind of boring actually.

Now that I've grown up a little, I've come to view Heaven as something closer to home. Being in heaven to me is getting to be with my husband, family, and friends forever.

2007-04-05 06:23:50 · 10 answers · asked by Christine H 3

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these miraculous signs of mine among them that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the LORD." (Exodus 10:1-2)

2007-04-05 06:20:41 · 17 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2007/01/04/harevishnu.shtml

2007-04-05 06:20:16 · 5 answers · asked by enlight100 3